I found that while among them there was a large element of substantial, worthy citizens, there was also a superficiality about the life of a large class that greatly alarmed me.
Reflecting on his time in Washington D.C., Washington expresses concern about the superficiality he observed among some members of the Black community.
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We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.
Despite superficial and temporary signs which might lead one to entertain a contrary opinion, there was never a time when I felt more hopeful for the race than I do at the present.
Wherever our graduates go, the changes which soon begin to appear in the buying of land, improving homes, saving money, in education, and in high moral characters are remarkable.
This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.